Garment



March 24, 1931.

N. D. WALTER GARMENT Filed Nov. 11, 1929 Patented Mar. 24, 1931 UNITED rates TENT F FICE GARMENT Application filed November 11, 1929. Serial No. 406,413.

This invention relates to an improved under garment, which may be a shirt, drawers or B. V. D.s, and the purpose of the invention is to provide a garment comprising inner and outer sections, the inner section or layer being constructed of knitted pure cotton, the surface of which next to the skin to have a soft smooth facing, while the outer section or layer is constructed of thin knitted pure wool, the outer section or layer being one-half size larger than the inner section or layer, so as to allow for shrinkage.

This character of garment provides a protecting covering for the body in order to prevent the body from infection, and by the wearing of a garment of this kind it enables the body to have the proper ventilation, preventing the pores from clogging up, which would result in a tired, lazy feeling and a greatly lowered vitality. In other words a garment of this kind would allow the waste matter to evaporate through the pores of the skin and hence avoid a tired, lazy feeling.

It has been cited by the medical profession that woolen underwear next to the body is very undesirable, mak ng the person too warm and uncomfortable, especially when changing temperatures. Experience has shown that heavy underwear is a frequent cause of illness. This is due to the fact that woolen material next to the skin causes perspiration and due to the underwear being heavy the impurities cannot evaporate quickly enough J when the wearer goes out doors, thereby c011- traoting illness.

It is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitative, and that while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modification of details andproportions may be made in the construction of the appliance according to circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a View of a garment in the form of a shirt, showing the same construction of inner and outer layers.

Figure 2 is a sectional vi of Figure 1. r r

ew on line 22 Referring to the' drawings, 1 identifies an und'ergarment, which is composed of inner and outer layers or sections, the outer layer being at least a one-half size larger than the inner layer, thereby allowing for shrinkage.

The-inner layer is composed ofpure knitted cotton, the face thereof next to the body has a soft smooth surface,

which lies fiat that is knitting both layers, b

0th layers or sections are inter-knitted at intervals, so that the inner and outer layers conformity with each other.

will remain in The outer layer is constructed of thin knitted pure wool, which provides for heat to thebody, yet it does not contact with the skin of the body, and therefore will not irrimm the skin and make the body excessively By providing an under garment of this kind having the lnner and outer layers, the

garment is provided with an air chamber between the two layers, and due to the inner and outer layers being in motion with the movements of the body, air flow, the skin is kept.

tilated'and in a healthy condition.

setting up a proper thoroughly ven- -A garment of this kind absorbs the perspiration normally and naturally and allows the skin full activity which is so necessary to health.

garment of this kind a lso maintains a wholesome body temperature at all times, indoorsand out. Furthermore a garment of this character iscleaner in that moisture evaporates against sudden temperature changes in heat or cold and at the same time prevent illness to a maximum degree.

i From the foregoing it will be noted that the two fuzzy or knap surfaces of the two thicknesses or layers of the garment face together or toward each other, for the air chamber and th proper air flow. The plain so as to provide ereby create the pure cotton surface therefore Contacts with the body and lies flat thereagainst, allowing the body to have free movement in the garment. I

The inner thickness or layer of the under garment is made up of relatively open knitted work or mesh, in fact not too closely woven, though the tightness of theweave is to be governed byvarious developments and experiments. In other words it is the aim to provide the inner thickness or layer of the garment of such'aknitted wave as to permit the moisture to evaporate freely through the inner layer or thickness, and to give off the impurities, such moisture as forinstance perspiration will thereby he absorbed by the pure woolen outer thickness of the garment through capillary attraction. It isobvious that the we'aveof the inner thickness or layer may be varied according to circumstances and accordingto variousfdevelopments as may be derived from experiments. The whole matter of inventionresides inmaking the inner thickness of the proper mesh as maybe understood from this description, the outer woolen thickness or layer likewise woven, the two. thicknesses having their knap 'or fuzzy surfaces facing each other, hence providing air chambers between the two thicknesses, 4

It is also to be understood that the lower edge of the body of the garment "as well as the'sleeves are open, that-is at the edges of the lower part of the body of the garment as well as the lower edges of the sleeves are unattached, namely the lower edges of the inner and outer thicknesses are unattached, as identified at 3a, in c c ,7

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is: v Ye. M .7.

An undergarment comprising inner and outer thicknesses, the inner thickness being made of cotton, the outer thickness being made of wool, theinner adjacent faces of boththicknesses having a knap, said faces contacting with each other, thereby providing an air space between the two thicknesses to insure a proper air flow, said inner and outer thicknesses being, interconnected or interknitted along vertical lines, said vertical lines being at spaced intervals, therebyfmaintaining uniformity between the two thicknesses of the garment, the lower edges of theinner and outer thicknesses between the lines of connection being free and unattached.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature. -V NICHOLAS D. WALTER. 

